Sweden lost to Norway tonight with 20-23 and still stands at zero points in the main round. A result that makes it impossible to reach the semi-final for the blue-yellow.
- This is definitely the best bet that Sweden makes throughout the tournament. But it is not enough against a Norway that controls from the minute one out, SVT's national team expert Magnus Grahn sums up the Swedish effort tonight, and then continues:
- It is not here that the dream of medals crashes, but it is earlier when it looked lazy and uninterested. There has been a lot of rebuffs and other things that have created a concern but we should have been able to handle it better on the track.
One of the big reasons why Sweden did not get a good game started, Magnus Grahn says, is the team captain Kristjan Andresson's actions during the championship.
- It has been an extreme hatred with players who have been in a couple of attacks since out again. There has been a change of players and positions in the middle of the game for no reason, and I think that has created insecurity and a certain disharmony, says Grahn and develops:
- One example is Lucas Nilsson, who is a shadow of what we thought he would be during the tournament. He has poor self-confidence and I think many other players have also got into how they were handled during the tournament.
What do you think Confederation Kristjan Andresson would have done differently?
- Be clearer in what you had planned to do with just one left-handed right hand, among other things. It is not possible to have Albin Lagergren an entire championship as a lone right-handed when he gets so many bangs and flaws.
- When Sweden plays without a left-handed right-handedness, the clarity is lacking in how to play. Then you have no options when playing with three right-handers and that has made Sweden easy to read in their games.